New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies (NZJAS) 

Submission Guidelines

 The Editorial Board will consider a wide range of Asia-related items for publication, including academic papers, research reports and reviews. All academic items are initially screened for quality, content and relevance by a member of the Editorial team and, if deemed suitable,  will then undergo a double-blindfold review process.

- Guidelines for submission of essays for our regular issues
- Contributions to Asian Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Book Reviews
- Special Issues

Submitting an essay for our regular issues
Submitted manuscripts 

• should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words, inclusive of footnotes and references. All submissions should be double spaced, proofread prior to submission, and submitted in electronic form as an email attachment (ideally in a version of Word). 
• must include an abstract of about 100 words and approximately five keywords. 
• should be accompanied by a separate cover page with the author(s)' full institutional affiliation, postal and email address and brief bio.  

All papers are expected to be appropriately annotated and referenced. We also ask authors to follow our Journal Style Guidelines.  The substantive text of all items published will be in English but we encourage authors to include Asian scripts where appropriate (such as with names).

Papers submitted to the NZJAS should be original contributions and must not be under consideration by any other publisher; authors must attest to this at the time of submission. It is also the author’s responsibility to disclose any potential conflict of interest regarding the submitted manuscript. 
Please check our Editorial Process for more detailed information on authors' responsibilities and the peer review process. 

The NZJAS  is a non-profit publication and it does not charge any author fee.

Submissions or enquiries should be addressed to the Editors:
Professor Paola Voci
University of Otago
Email: [email protected]
Emeritus Professor Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Victoria University of Wellington
Email: [email protected]
​Dr Alice Beban
Massey University 
Email: [email protected]

 Asian Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand

The journal also welcomes contributions to our section  “Asian Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand.”
We invite submission of reports, critical overviews, and reviews of Aotearoa-based resources, exhibitions, and other (current or past) practices and events that capture and reflect on the rich history and current relevance of Asian studies in our country. 

Book Reviews​

The Review Editors welcome requests for reviews from publishers and prospective reviewers.
Dr Dennitza Gabrakova (East Asia) School of Languages and Cultures, Victoria University of Wellington.
​Email: [email protected]​
Dr Sita Venkateswar (South and South-East Asia), Massey University
Email:  [email protected]

There are four distinct forums for publishing different kinds of reviews in NZJAS:

1. Book Reviews are the most familiar and you will see these included in most issues of the journal. These are short (usually under 1000 words) and focused reviews of a single recent book. A book review will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the chosen book. Detailed instructions on book review style and format are available from the review editors.
 
2. Review Roundtables involve curated responses to a particular book from a range of different scholars, each of whom seek to engage critically and succinctly with a feature of the designated book. These roundtables will frequently involve a chance to have a broad and sustained conversation about the matters raised in the book and to help lay out the research agenda moving forward. We will normally seek to invite the author(s) to respond to these critical engagements.
 
3. Review Articles seek to address a cluster of related books through a sustained critical assessment of their respective contributions. At between 4000-5000 words, these peer reviewed articles are longer and more substantive than book reviews. They seek to advance a clear argument about the state of scholarship on a particular topic.
 
4. Thesis Reviews outline the contributions of recent theses engaging with Asia by PhD graduates from New Zealand universities. They seek to provide a clear explanation of the value of the thesis and comment on its merits. We would love to be able to publish numerous thesis reviews each year to help illustrate the strength, width and depth of scholarship on Asia across New Zealand. If you are currently completing a thesis on Asia, or if you are supervising thesis related to Asia, please do get in contact about the possibility of arranging a thesis review.
 
We encourage you to consider contributing to any of these forums.

Special Issues

​The NZJAS also invites expression of interests for guest editing of special issues.
The Guest Editor(s) will submit a proposal that should include the title of the Special Issue, a brief CV of the proposed Guest Editor(s), a brief description of the Special Issue’s topic and significance. If available, titles and draft abstracts of the proposed papers, brief details of contributors and any draft papers that may be available can also be included.
Once the special issue is accepted and the publication schedule is agreed, the Guest Editor(s) will be mainly responsible for handling the submitted papers and managing the peer-review process. The NZJAS Editors will provide support, if requested.